Law regarding work Sickness?

elsien

TELLIT01 said:

EnPointe said:

TELLIT01 said:

Yes an old thread, but the content is still potentially relevant to other people.

I don't know if it still happens, I suspect not, but it wasn't uncommon for unions to tell people 'not to forget your entitlement to sick days', i.e. use them as additional holiday.  The introduction of absence/sickness monitoring has probably put and end to that.

 this  has never  been the case in the UK , as   occupational sick pay is not a use it or lose it allowance 

I can assure you it very much was the case in the UK.  When the unions powers were at their worst I know for a fact that it happened.

Parent  ran a small business some years ago. Staff did believe that if they were not ill  but had sickleave left at the end of the year they should be allowed to take it as days off anyway. Nothing to do with the unions, just sheer entitlement. They were swiftly disabused of the idea that it was ever going to happen. 

ohreallƳ

Op, I'd be content to tell the employer to bring it on.

The employees are union members I hope cause I can foresee them needing it tbh.

sheramber

'Duvet Day' is a  name given by workers to taking sick leave when not sick.

Where I worked we were allowed 12 uncertified days of sick leave in a year.

Any period of sick leave over 3 days- later changed to 7 days- had to be covered by a medical certificate.

There were a few workers who made sure they used their 12 days 'sick leave' every year, especially when it was a nice sunny day.